The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-17

tered a crowd in one of the stores in double
quick time, and could hardly be kept from
running into the store. Strange to say no
one was injured, but it was somewhat of a
bad lay for road carts.
A recent Blakely letter mentions a most
singular and unusual accident which oc-
CURED on Tuesday of last week on the prem
iseS of Pat Gay, nine miles east of there.
Whilst some of his hands were cutting
bridge timber one tree, in falling in an east
erly direction, entangled with the limbs of a
tree some twenty feet distant the body of
which was considerably burned on the Op-
site side, and bent it over considerably. AT
ter the falling tree became disengaged, tree
No. 2, in its rebound, broke off near the base
and fell west just the opposite direction,
and struck Fortune johnson and killed him
instantly.
For several weeks that "bar" has been a
terror to the ''cullurd pursons" in the vicin-
ity of Lexington, and they will rejoice to
known that 1t has been slain. One night
last week jeff Donaho (colored), living
about mile from town, heard a noise in his
yard. He arose, seized his gun, loaded for
the occasion, and hurried out. He saw the
bear plainly, and emptied a couple of loads
of buckshOt into it. 1t fell without a strug
gle, and jeff went back to bed to await day
light to skin the beast. He was up bright
and early in the morning to find that he had
completely demolished his wash-pot, but
there was no trace of the bear,
There is a sensation at Camilla over
another mad dog. On Mr.. Acree's planta-
ton, about three and a half miles from
town, a mulo recently bit by a mad dog has
since died, also hog, a dog and other ami
mails. 1t was the intention to kill the mad
dog, but he managed to make his escape,
and it is supposed that he is now proving
about in the neighborhood of
Camilla. 1t is having a demoraliz-
ing effect upon the night meetings of
the colored folks People have actually be
come afraid to go upon the streets at night,
not knowing what moment they may come
in contact with some rabid animal and be
bitten, which is equivalent to having their
death warrant igned There is no estimat-
ing the mischief that has been wrought on
the AGREE place The mule that was bitten
has inflicted like wounds upon other animals,
and there is no telling when or where the
danger will cease. The people have about
decided to kill all the dogs in the entire sec
ton so as to be sure in reaching the right
one
A homeless woman, giving her name as
Horston, and claiming TO be from Anderson
county, S. c., is wandering about in Ath-
ems subsisting on the charity of the people.
She came there recently and says she wants
work. There is a suspicion that she is not
in her right mind. Thursday morning a
married man who works for a Clayton
street firm, went to Mayor Hodgson, and
asked that he have the woman sent out of
the city, as she was publicly using his name
in compromising manner, that was calcur
lated to iniure him. He acknowledged talk
ing to the woman, but said he had no inten-
ton of wronging her, as she declared. It
was also said that she went to a well known
gentleman in the city and stated that he
had brought her to Athens and would not
see that she was provided for; that she had
spent her last dollar, was barefooted and
had no place to stop, or means with which
to buy food. The young man said he never
heard of the woman before, and that she is
simple and adventurous, who has by some
means obtained his name and is trying to
blackmail him. The woman is being
watched by the police.